Month: June 2024

You Are Simply Amazing

Hello everyone. Some crafty time yesterday created this card for a few challenges:

The background panel is a turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th. It was one of the many, many items received as part of their ‘Summer Camp’ virtual weekend. They always provide such a great number of items for this weekend event – and so many ‘camp counsellors’ which I know I regard in high esteem and watch many of their YouTube channels.

The first thing I did was the turnabout panel, using the colour scheme from the current Color Throwdown challenge. I used Concord & 9th inks, and their turnabout jig – which also came with the event – then cut that down to slightly smaller than an A2 card base.

I then stamped and die cut the separate flowers and leaves, and die cut ‘Jumbo Butterfly‘ from The Greetery, using the matching stencils to ink blend the colours on it.

The sentiment is also from the same event, and stamped into an oval, die cut from a Gina K Designs master layouts die set.

The oval was attached with 3D foam, the flowers and leaves added, then the butterfly, and some iridescent gem for the centre of the flowers – and some down towards the bottom right.

The gems are from Spellbinders, and reflect the colours around them.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – pink, green, purple

Lil Red Wagon – layer it up

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers

Quadruple Celebrations

Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘G’, and Veronika has chosen the theme of:

‘G’ is for Gentlemen – create something masculine’

Here are my cards:

I don’t create masculine cards very often, and for this challenge I decided to use the ‘Create In Quads – Hexagon‘ layering stencil set from Taylored Expressions.

If you haven’t used them before, these are an ingenious way of creating four card panels by using four layering stencils.

I chose a more masculine colour scheme for the layers and varied the orientation and sentiments placed on each of the four panels.

I hope you can come and join us with your masculine creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Avenue 613 Create – anything goes – option for the guys taken

Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of birthday taken

Paper Minutes – use stencils

Cup Cake Inspirations – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

We’ve Got Chemistry….

Hello everyone. There is a new challenge just started at Cardz 4 Galz, and Dawn has chosen the theme of

‘Inspired by a book’

Here is my card:

I was inspired by the book ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde‘ by Robert Louis Stevenson. I had just received these products from Spellbinders for the propagation virtual class. I felt the test tubes and test tube stand were perfect.

The background is a previously created panel using water and alcohol inks. here is my original post using this technique.

For this background I also used an embossing folder to create a bubble effect/

The stand was die cut and assembled, and I did use some grey Distress inks to darken some of the angles.

The test tubes and markings were die cut, and I also found some ink smooshed and splattered backgrounds in yellow, green and pink which I thought would look good to depict that a chemical reactions were happening in them.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations inspired by a book. xx

I shall be entering the following challenegs:

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge – anything goes mixed media (inks, oxides, alcohol inks, white acrylic paint)

Cup Cake Inspirations – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Addicted To Stamps and More – make your mark

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of sports not taken

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

You Bring Colour To My World

Hello. I have created a fun and colourful card to share today:

I die cut the brush elements from a Taylored Expressions set, and assembled them. Card stock is from Concord * 9th and Heffy Doodle.

The background panel was die cut using an old Catherine Pooler postage die, and dry embossed using a Stampin’ Up embossing folder – an oldie but a goodie……

The splats are from a Tim Holtz die set – a little trimming here and there for them to fit where I wanted them.

As I decided to use the same brown for the background panel as I had used for the brush handle, I ink blended a darker brown onto the handles to make them stand out a little more.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – yellow, orange, red

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of beach not taken

Allsorts – anything goes or masculine

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Craft Rocket – no designer paper

Unicorn Challenge – embossing

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Pomegranates

The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘F‘, and Melanie has chosen the theme of ‘Fruit’. Here is my card:

The background was created using a Spellbinders embossing folder, and as the fruit are quite a vivid colour, I went with a dark background again. I am liking a darker background behind strong colours of die cuts.

The whole arrangement was die cut and layered using Concord & 9th card stock, as well as some Spellbinders card stock. I am still in my fussy mind-set – liking repeatedly die cutting and layering all those itty bitty pieces…..and Spellbinders do their leaves and flowers so very well – my favourite die cutting elements to put together.

The sentiment was added and using gold card stock.

I hope you can come and join us with your fruit themed creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of beach not taken

A Perfect Time To Craft – anything goes

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Craft Rocket – no designer paper

Die Cut Divas – die cuts and favourite die cut shapes – leaves and flowers for me

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

Swinging Fun

Hello once again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. The theme has been chosen by Sue J and is:

Summer Fun

Here is my card:

This die set with the girl and the swing is from Spellbinders, and I have been itching to put it together. What doesn’t say summer more than a tree swing surrounded by flowers….? (Not that the UK has had any type of summer yet – we are waiting impatiently…..!) The florals also come with the set, and I believe I added extra foliage.

It does take a lot of die cutting and layering – which suited my currently fussy mind – and getting the swing ropes placed just right was a challenge – I inserted them behind the background panel, but I am pleased with the result.

The background panel is also using an embossing folder from Spellbinders.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme – the design team has come up with great inspiration. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Love To Craft – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of inlaid die cut not taken

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of beach not taken

The Four Seasons Challenge – summer

Craft Rocket – no designer paper

Christmas Lantern

Hello once again everyone. ABC Christmas Challenge has reached the letters ‘L’ and ‘M’. The themes this time round are:

L is for Lanterns

and

M is for Music

Here is my card for the Lantern theme:

This card was made from the products received as part of the Pinkfresh Studio ‘Create and Connect’ February 2024 virtual event.

The background panel was created using a stitched panel, and glued down to the card base.

I then die cut the frame out of gold glitter card stock, adding it with 3D foam so I could tuck some elements beneath it.

The lantern and foliage were stamped and gold heat embossed, and then ink blended using the matching layering stencils.

A gold foiled sentiment then added to complete the card.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one or both of our two themes. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Love To Craft – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of inlaid die cut not taken

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Craft Rocket – no designer paper

Sparkles Forum Christmas – Christmas and use dies

MAWTT – early Christmas

Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of birthday not taken


Stencilled Poinsettias

Hello there. I have had a little time from crafting as it was difficult to sit for long periods, but I had planed ahead for my DT cards. This card is for the new challenge at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge‘:

The card was created using a Simon Says Stamp layering stencil set. I added some shading with a slightly heavier hand to the middle of the flowers, and along the edges of the leaves. I also used gold paste through the layer for the middle of the flowers.

The panel was then cut down, matted with a thin black layer, and a gold foiled sentiment on black card stock added.

I hope you can come and join us with your ‘anything goes Christmas’ creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Peace On earth Christmas Challenge –anything goes Christmas

Allsorts Challenge – flowers galore or anything goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

MAWTT – early Christmas

Stencil Fun – use a stencil – option of birthday not taken